ELYRIA -- Somewhere, someone is missing a brightly colored ultralight aircraft, and the Lorain County Sheriff's Office has the aircraft in their possession.

"We're trying to find the owner," said Lorain County Sheriff's Capt. Jim Drozdowski. "No one has claimed it yet."

On Sept. 6, deputies went to 10220 West Ridge Road where they found an abandoned purple-and-green single-passenger ultralight aircraft in a field, about 100 yards from the road.

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"Our guys went out there and searched the area, we didn't find anybody," Drozdowski said, adding that there have been no reports of stolen aircraft matching the description or corresponding missing persons reports.

The homeowner, who declined to comment, told deputies that she did not see the plane land, and called the sheriff's office after she found it in the field.

Drozdowski said that the sheriff's office has reached out to the surrounding counties in an effort to find the aircraft's owner, but have so far had no success.

The plane was left in the field for a week in hopes that its owner may return to claim it, Drozdowski said. When that didn't happen, it was taken to the sheriff's office, where it sits near a garage.

"By law, we have to hang onto it for six months," Drozdowski said. After that time, he said, the sheriff's office will most likely auction it. The proceeds will go to the law enforcement trust fund.